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An equipping system is provided for equipping an aircraft galley. The equipping system includes a box, which is accommodatable in the aircraft galley to be equipped, as well as a transport cart for equipping the aircraft galley. The system includes a base element, which has a bottom surface and a lo

An equipping system is provided for equipping an aircraft galley. The equipping system includes a box, which is accommodatable in the aircraft galley to be equipped, as well as a transport cart for equipping the aircraft galley. The system includes a base element, which has a bottom surface and a loading surface opposite of the bottom surface, a plurality of wheels fastened to the bottom surface of the base element, a handle attached to the base element, and a securing mechanism adapted to prevent the box from sliding off the transport cart while it is being transported on the transport cart. The handle is shaped and attached in such a position to the base element that the base element of the transport cart, in the unloaded state of the transport cart, is stackable onto a base element of a further transport cart.

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1. An equipping system for equipping an aircraft galley comprising: a box, which is accommodatable in the aircraft galley to be equipped, anda transport cart for equipping the aircraft galley, the transport cart comprising a base element having a substantially plate-shaped configuration defining a b

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An equipping system for equipping an aircraft galley comprising: a box, which is accommodatable in the aircraft galley to be equipped, anda transport cart for equipping the aircraft galley, the transport cart comprising a base element having a substantially plate-shaped configuration defining a bottom surface,a loading surface opposite of the bottom surface,a first lateral surface extending along a first side of the base element, the first lateral surface defining a first protrusion extending upwardly away from an upper portion thereof and a first recess on a lower portion thereof positioned beneath the first protrusion, anda second lateral surface extending along a second side of the base element opposite the first side, the second lateral surface defining a second protrusion extending upwardly away from an upper portion thereof and a second recess on a lower portion thereof positioned beneath the second protrusion,a plurality of wheels fastened to and extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the base element, anda handle comprising a first strut secured to the first lateral surface,a second strut secured to the second lateral surface, each of the first and second struts secured to the first and second lateral surfaces at respective end portions thereof, each of the first and second struts extending upwardly toward a rear of the transport cart from the respective lateral surface at an angle relative to the loading surface of the base element, anda connection element connecting the first and second struts, wherein the handle is of integral construction such that the first strut, the second strut and the connection element are not movable relative to each other,wherein the first and second struts are spaced laterally apart from the respective first and second lateral surfaces except at the respective end portions thereof, and wherein the handle is shaped and attached in such a position to the base element such that a second base element of an identical, second transport cart is stackable onto the loading surface of the base element of the transport cart arranged substantially parallel to the base element of the transport cart and disposed between the first and second struts of the transport cart, in the unloaded state of the transport cart, and wherein the first and second protrusions of the base element of the transport cart engage the first and second recesses respectively of the second base element of the second transport cart when the second base element is stacked onto the loading surface of the base element of the transport cart. 2. An equipping system according to claim 1, further comprising a securing mechanism adapted to prevent the box from sliding off the transport cart while it is being transported on the transport cart. 3. An equipping system according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the first and the second strut of the handle is fastened, in relation to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart, in a central region of the base element to the base element. 4. An equipping system according to claim 1, wherein the angle between the first and the second struts of the handle and the loading surface of the base element is ca. 35° to ca. 80°, and the first and the second struts of the handle are fastened, in relation to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart, in a central region of the base element to the first and second lateral surfaces respectively. 5. An equipping system according to claim 1, wherein the connection element of the handle comprises a substantially U-shaped connection element, which is connected to the free ends of the first and second struts that extend from the lateral surfaces of the base element, and wherein the U-shaped connection element lies in a first plane that is angled from a second plane defined by the first and second struts. 6. An equipping system according to claim 1, wherein the handle is at least one of removably attached to the base element and pivotably attached to the base element. 7. An equipping system according to claim 1, wherein the base element in the region of the loading surface is provided with a first guide device that is adapted to come into engagement with a complementary second guide device formed on the box and that is further adapted, when it is situated in engagement with the complementary second guide device formed on the box, to secure the box, while it is being transported on the transport cart, against displacement on the transport cart in a direction at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart. 8. An equipping system according to claim 7, wherein the first guide device and the complementary second guide device formed on the box form a tongue-and-groove joint. 9. An equipping system according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the loading surface of the base element and the first guide device is disposed in a position on the transport cart that is adapted in such a way to a position of an arrangement in the aircraft galley for receiving the box provided for transport on the transport cart that the box accommodated on the transport cart may be loaded from the transport cart into the aircraft galley substantially by virtue of a horizontal displacement. 10. An equipping system according to claim 7, wherein the loading surface of the base element has a raised step, on the surface of which the first guide device is disposed. 11. An equipping system according to claim 10, further comprising a plurality of rollers disposed in the region of the loading surface of the base element. 12. An equipping system according to claim 11, wherein the rollers are fastened rotatably to lateral surfaces of the step formed in the region of the loading surface of the base element. 13. An equipping system according to claim 1, further comprising a blocking device for blocking the wheels, the blocking device comprising a plurality of actuating devices. 14. An equipping system according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning device that is adapted to interact with a complementary positioning device, which is provided at the aircraft galley to be equipped, in order to position the transport cart relative to the aircraft galley to be equipped. 15. An equipping system according to claim 14, wherein at least one of the positioning device of the transport cart is fastened to the base element and the positioning device of the transport cart is provided with a recess that is adapted, once the transport cart has reached a desired position relative to the aircraft galley to be equipped, to receive a projection of the complementary positioning device provided at the aircraft galley to be equipped. 16. An equipping system according to claim 1, wherein the base element has a rectangular shape having an outer periphery defining the first side, the second side, a first end extending from the first side to the second side, and a second end extending from the first side to the second side. 17. An equipping system according to claim 16, wherein each of the first and second struts is secured to a central region of the respective lateral surface spaced between the first and second ends. 18. An equipping system for equipping an aircraft galley, the equipping system comprising: a box, which is accommodatable in the aircraft galley to be equipped, anda transport cart for equipping the aircraft galley, the transport cart comprisinga base element having a substantially plate-shaped configuration defining a bottom surface,a loading surface opposite of the bottom surface,a first lateral surface extending along a first side of the base element parallel to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart, the first lateral surface defining a first protrusion extending upwardly away from an upper portion thereof and a first recess on a lower portion thereof positioned beneath the first protrusion, the first protrusion defining a first upwardly extending slope on a forward side thereof and a second downwardly extending slope on a rear side thereof, the first slope defining a first angle relative to the loading surface, and the second slope defining a second angle relative to the loading surface, the first angle less than the second angle, anda second lateral surface extending along a second side of the base element opposite the first side and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the transport cart, the second lateral surface defining a second protrusion extending upwardly away from an upper portion thereof and a second recess on a lower portion thereof positioned beneath the second protrusion, the second protrusion defining a third upwardly extending slope on a forward side thereof and a fourth downwardly extending slope on a rear side thereof, the third slope defining a third angle relative to the loading surface, and the fourth slope defining a fourth angle relative to the loading surface, the third angle less than the fourth angle,a plurality of wheels fastened to and extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the base element, the wheels fastened to the bottom surface of the base element at a distance from longitudinal edges of the base element, anda handle comprising a first strut secured to the first lateral surface,a second strut secured to the second lateral surface, each of the first and second struts secured to the first and second lateral surfaces at respective end portions thereof, each of the first and second struts extending upwardly toward a rear of the transport cart from the respective lateral surface at an angle relative to the loading surface of the base element, anda connection element connecting the first and second struts, wherein the first strut, the second strut and the connection element are not movable relative to each other,wherein the first and second struts are spaced laterally apart from the respective first and second lateral surfaces except at the respective end portions thereof,wherein the handle is attached in a central portion of the base element, andwherein a second base element of an identical, second transport cart is stackable onto the loading surface of the base element of the transport cart such that the second base element of the second transport cart is arranged substantially parallel to the base element of the transport cart and disposed between the first and second struts of the transport cart, in the unloaded state of the transport cart,and wherein the first and second protrusions of the base element of the transport cart are configured to engage the first and second recesses respectively of the second base element of the second transport cart when the second base element is stacked onto the loading surface of the base element of the transport cart.